Internal Controls XACC 280 By University of Phoenix Professor This paper will discuss the internal controls and how they work in business. I will shed some light on the organizations financial and business policies‚ process and procedures. The purpose of these internal controls is to protect the company’s resources against fraud‚ misappropriate funds and most important waste. A company can spend quite a
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Individual Summary Question One ACC-290 March 3rd 2014 Individual Summary Question One It is commonly known that most commercial and general accounting principles use accrual based accounting over cash based accounting. Accrual based accounting is more advanced than cash based accounting so that is why most accountants chose this over the latter. Cash based accounting is when revenues are recognized when cash is received and when expenses are recognized when cash is paid. Cash based accounting
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ACC 290 Week 5 Discussion Questions and Responses www.paperscholar.com DIRECT LINK TO THIS STUDY GUIDE: http://www.paperscholar.com/acc-290-week-5-discussion-questions-and-responses/ Instantly Download! Get Better Grades in Less Time! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee DESCRIPTION FOR THIS STUDY GUIDE: All discussion questions and responses to other students are included for each week. Week 5: DQ 1: What are two examples of strong and weak internal controls in organizations where you have
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Exercises and Problems - Week 6 XACC/291 12/21/2014 Exercises and Problems - Week 6 Before After After Action Dividend Stock Split Stock holders’ equity Paid in capital Common stock‚ $10 par $ 600‚000 $630‚000 $600‚000 Paid in capital in excess par value $0. $12‚000 0 Total paid in capital $600‚000 $642‚000 $600‚000 Return earnings $900‚000 $858‚000 $900‚000 Total stock holders’ equity
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Week 3 DQ Organization is a social unit of people that is structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals. (Businessdictionary.com) Organization as a structure distributes responsibilities among the members of the company (child 2005‚ p.6). By allocating people and recourses to the necessary tasks and designating responsibilities‚ the organization contributes to the successful implementations of its goals. While organization as a process focus more closely on behaviors
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Numerous amounts of information can be found in an Annual Financial Report. Team A is again utilizing Wal-Mart’s Annual Financial Report to answer the questions for the week five assignment. The questions for week five dig a little deeper into the financial report than the questions for week four. We will analyze the annual financial report and realize the information it has to offer. This paper will address the following subjects-- assets listed in proper order‚ how the assets are classified‚
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Comparing IFRS to GAAP ACC/ 291 11/3/2014 Lori Haines Comparing IFRS to GAAP GAAP Revenue Recognition GAAP rules for recognition are detailed regarding specific industries‚ such as real estate and software. It uses the "complete contract method" and has special rules for rendering software services. Organizations can recognize revenue from the sale of goods made delivery from a definitive agreement for a fixed fee that they are reasonably sure they will collect. Under GAAP‚ companies must wait until
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Accounting consists of basic assumptions‚ principles‚ and constraints. There are four basic assumptions of accounting that are the fundamental basis of any set of accounts. The four basic assumptions of accounting include: monetary unit assumption‚ economic period assumption‚ time period assumption‚ and going concern assumption. Monetary unit assumption states that only transaction data that is expressed in terms of money can be included in the accounting records. Economic period assumption states
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As a resource‚ Ms. Pancake had proposed to micro manage my efforts to ensure the conceptual understanding of my responsibilities and I agreed. We had arranged to do so on Wednesday‚ December 7 as it would be less strenuous on her time schedule. This was to give her the opportunity to complete her required closing processes‚ while demonstrating to them that I was competent with my allotted tasks by completing them in the time requested. She and Mr. Rackers had accepted my proposal. As the day
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There are three ways to analyze financial statements there is the vertical analysis‚ which uses the base percentage to express the assets or liabilities and stockholders’ equity. Horizontal analysis or the trend analysis is how someone can evaluate the financial statement over a period. With this method‚ one can determine an increase or decrease in assets liabilities or stockholders equity. This can be done in percentage or totals Horizontal analysis is used primarily with an intercompany comparison
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